As her emotions slowly calmed down, Shuxin faced the quiet room and the blank wall, and the restlessness in her heart began to settle. Yan Mo’s words from when he left flashed through her mind.

“Take a good look at why you’ve been making so many mistakes in your training. What’s the real reason?”

Once her mind quieted, Shuxin began reflecting on her performance during this time. She realized that during the combat training, she often lost focus, and her shooting skills had not improved at all…

When had the string in her heart loosened?

Was it the long period of safety and comfort since the apocalypse that had made her gradually forget the cruelty of the world? Was it the victory after the fight with the group of people that made her become complacent, thinking she now had enough ability to protect herself?

But, was that really the case?

No, it wasn’t.

Those people were just ordinary people, and the victory wasn’t entirely due to her efforts. When she thought about it carefully, there was nothing to be proud of.

The enemies she would face in the future were not these weak ordinary people, but zombies that didn’t know fatigue or pain, zombies that could keep fighting as long as their heads weren’t destroyed, and people with abilities who had malicious intentions.

Awakening abilities was like a genetic reorganization in the human body, strengthening all of its basic attributes. The difference was that some people awakened powerful abilities, while others had weaker ones, with varying degrees of enhancement to their bodies.

This also determined the strength of an ability user and their future potential.

In the original book, Shuxin was nothing more than a cannon fodder character. She couldn’t guarantee whether her arrival would change the fact that her original self had no abilities.

If she hadn’t awakened any ability, her current strength would make going into battle no different from delivering food to zombies.

Taking a step back, even if she was lucky enough to awaken an ability, facing the bizarre and unimaginable abilities of the apocalypse, along with the unpredictable mutated plants and animals, without enough strength, she would still be helpless.

When she thought back on all the stupid things she had done during her training, Shuxin couldn’t help but wish to crawl into a hole and hide. It was really embarrassing.

After coming to this realization, Shuxin understood why Yan Mo had asked her to reflect. She obediently accepted the one-hour military posture punishment he gave her. Once it was over, she eagerly went to find her husband to apologize.

“Click—”

Not finding her dear husband in the living room or other places, Shuxin pushed open the door to Yan Mo’s bedroom. She peeked in with a round head, observing the situation inside the room.

Yan Mo, sitting behind his desk, saw all her little actions, and a faint smile appeared in his eyes. Just as Shuxin turned her head, he immediately wiped the smile from his face and pretended to be engrossed in the book in his hands, waiting for her to come to him.

Once she spotted him, Shuxin quickly slipped into the room and closed the door behind her. Seeing Yan Mo look up at her, she immediately put on a flattering smile and casually walked over to him, wrapping her arms around his.

“Hehehe~~~”

“So? Have you reflected on yourself?”

“Mm-hmm, I have. After an hour of deep reflection, I’ve clearly realized the mistakes in my mindset during this time. I will definitely take it as a lesson and never repeat it again!”

Shuxin spoke sincerely, almost like she was about to pat her chest and swear to Yan Mo. Seeing her like this, Yan Mo could no longer keep up the act. He sighed and, following his own feelings, pulled her onto his lap.

“Xinxin, you must understand the cruelty of the apocalypse. I will do my best to stay by your side and protect you, but that’s just the ideal scenario we’ve imagined. Everything in the apocalypse is uncertain. Even if there’s a one-in-a-million chance that we get separated, I hope you’ll have the ability to protect yourself, to survive until I come to find you.”